So if I'm de minimis, do I have to register anything with the FCC? or just ignore it and let Vitelity pay until I get big?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Fred Goldstein <fgoldst...@ionary.com>wrote: > On 3/26/2014 12:53 PM, Randy Cosby wrote: > > Doesn't sound right to me, unless they are going to do all the billing and > tax filing in your behalf. > > If they charge you USF on your wholesale rate, who pays on the difference > between your wholesale rate and the customer's marked up rate? > > > USF rules are pretty strict. If a USF-subject class of carrier has > interstate telecommunications revenues (not Internet per se) that would > subject it to USF payments of <$10k/year, then it is "de minimis" and does > not pay. BUT then its suppliers treat it as retail and they pay on the > services supplied to the de minimis carrier. Once the carrier crosses out > of de minimis, it suppliers must verify that it is paying USF, and then > should not charge it USF on their wholesale sales. So it's paid once, only > once, by the last non-de mimimis carrier en route to the retail customer. > (Disclaimer: IANAL and that's just my understanding.) > > E911 is a state requirement. Interconnected VoIP services have to do it, > but the state sets the price. > > > > On 3/26/2014 10:51 AM, Roger Howard wrote: > > So I've been using Vitelity for a while in the office here, with > freeswitch, and it works great. > > I was considering reselling the vitelity service to my customers, the only > thing that has held me back is the legal requirements. I thought I had to > collect USF fees, register with the FCC, pay it to them. Maybe sales tax. > etc. > > I was at wispamerica yesterday and talked to a fellow at the Vitelity > booth. He told me that they collect the USF, so we don't have to, the e-911 > is optional, all I have to do is sign up as a reseller to get better > pricing and charge what I like to the customers. > > Is this correct? I've learned to never trust a salesman. Something doesn't > sound right, surely it can't be that easy? > > Thanks, > Roger > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing > listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > -- > Randy Cosby > InfoWest, Inc435-674-0165 x 2010 > --- > This e-mail message contains information from InfoWest, Inc > and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. > > Unauthorized use, distribution, review or disclosure is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact rco...@infowest.com by reply email and destroy > the original message, all attachments and copies. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing > listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > -- > Fred R. Goldstein k1io fred "at" interisle.net > Interisle Consulting Group > +1 617 795 2701 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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